Energy giant Southern California Edison 'investigated' over link to Hurst Wildfire

Energy giant Southern California Edison 'investigated' over link to Hurst Wildfire
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Energy giant Southern California Edison 'investigated' over link to Hurst Wildfire
Author: mirrornews@mirror.co.uk (Yelena Mandenberg, Phoebe Tonks)
Published: Jan, 13 2025 01:52

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Despite Edison's uncertainty about the timing of the fallen power line, Bob Marshall, CEO of Whisker Labs, another company that monitors electrical activity, told Fox News that the firm noticed a spike in faults hours before the Eaton, Palisades, and Hurst Fires.

Energy giant Southern California Edison 'investigated' over link to Hurst Wildfire Energy giant Edison International is under investigation over a potential link to one of the wildfires currently devastating Los Angeles.

Southern California Edison, a subsidiary of the company, admitted that its grid experienced a short circuit just after 10 pm on Tuesday when a tower collapsed - coinciding with the outbreak of the Hurst Fire.

Southern California Edison has admitted that the fallen electrical equipment 'coincided' with the Hurst Fire outbreak.

The Hurst Fire, one of three fires still raging in California, is at 89 percent containment.

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